Improvement in pile remedies



UNITED i ST FFIoE.

LEOPOLD HEINS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN PILE REMEDIES, &c.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 122,608, dated January 9, 1872.

.lar diseasesof the bowels and fundament or on the stomach and bowels to remove all exciting causes to the piles, and the application of an ointment to the rectum, per anus, to heal and cure them.

These medicines are composed of the following ingredients, to wit: First preparation, sam ple one, senna-leaves; first preparation, sample two, aliva; first preparation, sample three, pure water; first preparation, sample four, alcoho] first preparation, sample five, compounded medicine. Second preparation, sample six, beeswax; second preparation, sample seven, Venice turpentine; second preparation, sample eight, castor-oil; second preparation, sample nine, compounded ointment.

The first preparation is made thus: In about one quart ofwater is put about one ounce of sennaleaves and abOutone-fOurth of an oiince of aliva, and the whole boiled freely for about three minutes. The tea or liquor is then taken from oii' the fire and allowed to get cold, when the clear liquor is strained oft into a suitable vessel, and about one pint of ninety-five per cent. alcohol added to it and well and thoroughly incorporated therewith to complete the first preparation or compound.

The second preparation is made as follows: A half a pound of pure beeswax is first melted in a suitable vessel, t0 which, when melted, half a pound of Venice turpentine and a half a pound of castor-oil are added,,and the whole thoroughly mixed together to make a homogeneous ointment to complete the second preparation or compound.

These two preparations or compounds are administered to the patient for curing the piles as follows: The patient is first given about oneh alf gill of. the first compound diluted in about the same quantity otlwater for the purpose of acting on the stomach and bowels to excite them into action to throw off all, impurities therein, and give a healthy tone to the mucous membrane lining them. Should this first dose not produce an.evacuation of the bowels within twelve hours the dose is to be repeated, when an operation will be producedyithout fail. As soon as the effects of the medicine have ceased the patient, on goin g to bed at night, inserts a small ball of ea cotton well saturated with the second preparation or ointment into the rectum, per anus, to remain there till morning, when anatural stool will be produced, and the wad of cotton discharged from the body. This treatment with the ointment will be repeated every night for three' or four weeks for very obstinate 'cases, interspersed every six days by a dose of the first preparation.

In ordinary cases of, piles, after taking the first dose of the first preparation, and the use of the ointment one or two days, a cure is effected; but in all cases a radical cure has been effected within three to four weeks.

Having now described my invention, I will proceed to set forth what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States.

I claim The pile remedy, hereinbefore described, consisting essentially of the combination of the ingredients, as herein specified.

LEOPOLD HEIN S.

Witnesses:

, CHARLES L. BARRITT,

FRANKLIN BARRITT. (98) 

